Browsing Archive: December, 2011

Fantômas is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre.One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic ...

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham van Helsing.Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel ...

Iceland
is a dark, cold piece of rock, surrounded by deep, freezing ocean.
There is little daylight in the winter. On the darkest days in December,
there are max 3 hours of not-so-bright daylight. This is countered in
the summer where a month or so is daylight 24 hours. But the summers are
short, and the winters are long.Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in ...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The original pronunciation of Jekyll was "Jeekul" which was the pronunciation used in Stevenson's native Scotland. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde or simply Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel Jo...

Trophies are awarded for certain activities and milestones. Typically, it is accompanied by the addition of favor points. Currently, there are over 100 Trophies in classic vw and 40 Trophies available in Old Blood.Unfortunately there is a glitch with 6 Old BloodTrophies.

All 6 Trophies above are not listed in our inventory.

Another glitch: When looking at another player's stats page, you will not be able to see any of the other player's Old Blood Trophies.

Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus) is a novel written by Mary Shelley about an experiment that produces a monster.Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction.The name "Frankenstein" – actually the novel's human protagonist – is often incorrectly used to refer to the monster itself. In the novel, th...

The Artisans have prepared 3 brand new sets of Smoke!The Artisans can help you turn materials into unique new items! Craft all 3 types for a special bonus!Collect50 items, bring them to the Artisans,
and they'll do the
rest.

Here is how you
find more requested items:~
Request them
from your friends (you get 1 item/request)~ Collect them by
helping your friends craft (1 per day)~ Free GiftsOnce you have collected 50 of
the same type of ...

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, also known by his patronymic Dracula, and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler, was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. His father was a member of the Order of the Dragon (Dracul) and Dracula means son of the Dragon to indicate his father's title within the Order of the Dragon.Already during his life...

Hannibal was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician. He is generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.The choke pear, or pear of anguish, is the modern name for a type of instrument displayed in some museums, consisting of a metal body (usually pear-shaped) divided into spoon-like segments that could be spread apart by turning a screw. The instrument was inserted into the victim's mou...